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H. HEATH. RETAINER PGR NEC'KTIBS. No. 292,308. Patented Jan.. 22, '1884.

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HENRY HEATH, .or New YORK, N. Y., AssiGNoHfro Fisk, CLARK a FLAGG, or sAMn rLAcn.

RETAINER FOR NECKTIES.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,308, dated January 22, 1884.

' Application tiled November 12, 1583. (No modehi ToaZZ whom, t may/concern:

Be it known that'I, HENRY HEATH, ofthe city, county, and State of New York, have invented anew and usefulV Improvement in Retainers for Neckties; andI Yd o hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in retainers for neckties.

lt consists ina retaining device for neckties, constructed of a stiffening-piece of card-board orits equivalent, fitted with awire which, being doubled upon itself in the middle, is secured to one side of the stiffening-piece by an eyelet engaging its loop, while its ends, eX- tending tothe edge of the piece, are so bent and folded over said edge as to lbe steadied thereby and project therefrom over the opposite face of the piece in position, when the stiffening-piece is properlyT secured in the bow and the bow is made fast upon the neck, to serve to engage the collar-button, and thus prevent the bow from working upward out of place. 1

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view'of the rear or under side of a necktie-bow embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section in line w x o f Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view of the front, and Fig. 4 a view of the rear, face of the stiffening-piece detached,

illustrating the attachment of the wire re tainer thereto; Fig. 5, an end view of same, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of the wire detached.

A, Figs. 2and 5, represents a bit of card-4 board or other material suitable as a foundation or stiffening for the bow of a necktie.

`B represents a piece of wire bent upon itself in the middle in the form of an eye, c, Fig. 6, and whose-ends, extending from the eye Aparallel with each other for a suitable distanceabout equal to one-half the width of the stiffening-piece A, to which the wire is to be attached-are doubled upon themselves, as at d, and spread slightly apart to formthe two diverging arms orprongs e e, adapted to eugage between them a collar-button. The 5o wire retaining device B thus formed is attached to the stiffening-piece A by inserting the latter into the bendv of the wire, so that its middle eye, c, shall be upon vthe rear, and its prongs e 'e upon the front,'side of the 5 5 stiffening-pieca, and it is secured thereto by means of an eyelet or tubular rivet, E, inserted through the eye c, and through an aperture in the piece A and upset therein, so as to firmly clamp the wire B upon said piece. 6o The portion of the wire including the eye is preferably flattened, to make a neater thereof against the piece A. The engagement of the bend d of the wire with the edge of the piece A serves to prevent the wire from working loose or becoming displaced,

the two together. The stiffening-piece A, with its attached retainer B, is slipped into the open end of the double piece constituting the 7o band of the bow F, leaving the ends e e projecting out therefrom upward from near the lower edge ofthe bow, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,in position to embrace between them the collar-button when the necktie is secured 7 5 about the neck. The arms e e of the retainer will thus serve to prevent the bow from slipping up upon the collar or from moving laterally. lts construction is simple, it is cheaply `made, and it is readily attached t0 the stiff- 8o ening-piece, which in turn may be readily united to the bowkas set forth, forming a neat efficient retaining device. g l am aware that bows for neck-wear have p heretofore been provided with wire hooks and loops in different forms, to serve as retaining devices therefor. l y

My invention differs from all others in that the retainer is constructed of a stiffening-piece to fit in the bow of the tie, combined with a 9o wire so bent as that being secured to the stiffening-piece on one side thereof it shall bend over the edge of said piece and project therefrom on the opposite side in form to embrace the collar-button between two upwardly-projecting arms.

VI claim as my invention,-

A neckt-ie-retainer constructed substantially and thus completes the secure attachment o"/ FN as herein described, and consisting of a stiffthe opposite sde,adapted to embraeea collarro ening-piece, as A, :L bit of wire, as B, doubled button, substantially as set forth.

upon itself in the middle and formed into an In testimony whereof I have signed my eye, a, device, as E, led through the eye to senmne to this speeication in the presence of cure the wire upon one side of the stiffening `two subscribing Witnesses.

piece, und projecting ends, as e e, extending HENRY HEATH.

from the eye to the edge of the stiffening- Witnesses piece on the one side thereof, and bentover G. H. SPEXeEn, said edge to constitute diverging arms upon A. NV. STEIGER. 

